ESA Web-Journal 2009

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THEEUROPEAN SUZUKI TEACHERS’

NEWSLETTER

Volume 29 Spring 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTSESA Web-Journal 2009 2The Chairman’s Column 3International Teacher Trainer Conference 9-11 October 2009 3Report from ESA meetings 2008 4Report from the European Suzuki Teaching Development Trust 4South African Projects 5ESA Instrument News and Notices 6-7Information from ESA 8-9ESA Teacher-Trainer/Examiners 10ESA Teacher-Trainees’ Exam Results 2006-2008 10-12News from ESA Countries 13-15NOTICEBOARD: Workshops 2008-9 16

ESA and SAA Teacher Trainer Virginia Dixon (centre right) with he new ESA Double Bass Teacher Training Courseheld at Albertslund Music School, Copenhagen

The ESA's mission is to furtherDr. Shinichi Suzuki's Approach toeducation.

The organisation's area of operation isEurope, the Middle East and Africa, asdecided by the International SuzukiAssociation of which the ESA isa member.

The cornerstone of maintaining quality inSuzuki teaching is the provision of SuzukiTeacher Training.

Please contact the ESA office or theindividual national Suzuki Associations forfurther details.E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.europeansuzuki.org

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Celebrating Dr Suzuki’s Lifeand WorkThis special ‘collage of memories’ has grownwith the addition of two new articles by SuzukiTeacher Trainers recalling their time studyingwith Dr Suzuki in Matsumoto. We hope thatnew articles will be added over the next year.

Kerstin Wartberg, Lasting Impressions:My Studies with Shinichi Suzuki at theTalent Education Institute, Matsumoto(Translated by Ursula Müller-Gähler)

Kerstin Wartberg describes her two years inMatsumoto 1980-81 as some of the happiestand most intense of her life. The articlepresents a vivid portrait of Dr Suzuki as aperson, and of the life at the school. A clearpicture of Suzuki’s philosophy and pedagogyand the impact it had on his many studentsfrom all over the world emerges as well.

Stephen Power, Suzuki, Music andMatsumotoStephen Power studied at Dr Suzuki’s Schoolfor three study visits of three months each in1984, 1987 and 1990. His article describes atypical day at the school, the Monday concertand the calligraphy class and so on. Hisanalysis of the similarities between theapproach to calligraphy and the approach tothe study of music and playing is most

illuminating.Special Events and other reportsAt the Suzuki Piano Concert to celebratethe 110 th Anniversary of Dr. Suzuki’s birthwhich was held in Cambridge on 29 June2008, Betty Power, a graduate of theTalent Education Institute in Japan, recalled

the teachers’ pledge to Dr Suzuki:Betty Power’s report of the concert is one ofthe events featured in this year’s ESA Web-Journal.

Chantal Darietto-Latil, Master Classes in

ScandinaviaThe article gives an interesting and livelyaccount from a visiting Teacher Trainer’spoint of view of two weeks at workshops inSweden and Finland, showing how muchenjoyment can be gained from Suzukiworkshops, not just by the children and theparents but also by the faculty members.

The 2008 Xchange course for Europeanteachers of violin and viola at theRemscheid Academy has yielded tworeports, which both appear in the Web-

Journal.One is a very full and enthusiastic accountof the event by a Danish Suzuki Teacher,Roberto Sarno.

The other report is from a Nigerianviolinist, Chinwendu Uzodike, who hadbeen invited by a friend and was sooverwhelmed by her first experience of theSuzuki Method that she now wants tointroduce it in her home country.

Other special events and milestonesare featured in the Web-Journal’s Newsfrom ESA Countries (see also pp 13-15 foran edited version of the Country News).

PedagogyAllen Lieb, The View from my Corner ofthe Suzuki Triangle

This outstanding and wide-ranging articlewas first presented as a Keynote addressto the Suzuki Association of the AmericasConference in May 2008 and laterpublished in the American Suzuki Journal,Volume 37#1. It appears in the ESA Web-Journal by kind permission of the editorand the author. The article will be of greatinterest to teachers, teacher trainers,parents and all those involved in Suzukiorganisations.

The ‘Motivation Symposium’ aboutRewarding Pupils presents the views, inthe form of an interview, of four pianoteachers, including Suzuki teacher andTeacher Trainer, Jenny Macmillan, on thisdifficult issue. The article was firstpublished in Piano Professional Spring2008 and is published in the ESA Web-Journal by kind permission of the editorand the four contributors.

Martin Rüttimann, New Old Ideas 3This article continues Martin’s series ofarticles on ideas for teachers; in thisinstalment he shows how the Suzuki booksprepare violin students for the technicalchallenges of much more advanced andvirtuoso repertoire.

Martin Rüttimann, Review of Mark Björk,Expanding HorizonsThis positive review describes a bookwhich also deals with the more advancedpupil and gives useful tips on how to teach

ESA Web-Journal 2009http://www.europeansuzuki.org/web_journal/index.htm

ESA Teacher Trainers Kerstin Wartberg(violin) and Ruth Miura (piano) with Dr Suzuki.

Calligraphy class in Matsumoto (photo KerstinWartberg)

“We realise the unlimited possibilitiesin early education. We also realisethat every child can be educated. Ourpurpose is to develop this ability, andpresent this fact to the world. We aredelighted to be teachers of the SuzukiMethod and fully comprehend theresponsibilities we have as teachers.We will continue to study teaching inthe future with much reflection, andthrough this continuing study we willbe better able to concentrate ourenergies towards better teaching. Wesolemnly affirm that we will keep thispromise as Suzuki Method teachers,and always do our utmost for ourcommon purpose of educating thechildren of the world.”

Chantal teaching in Sweden. Entitled ‘toLearn with Love’ this photo won 1st prize atthe workshop in Jönköping

Permission to reprintThe Web-journal is a resource for all ourmembers, articles may be reproduced, intranslation if needed. The copyright for eacharticle belongs to the author. For permission toreproduce, please contact the editor, who willask the author's permission.

New Articles InvitedPlease send your articles, at any time. by e-mail to [email protected]

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T he world we live in is currently in themiddle of an international financial

crisis. This has affected the lives of manypeople; there is rising unemployment andeven social unrest in some countries. In myown native country, Iceland, to which I haverecently returned after living abroad forfifteen years, the banking system hascollapsed and serious financial difficultiesare being experienced by the population,businesses and government.

What happens to people during such crises?How do they cope? And – how do theycontinue with their life?

It has been interesting to note that despitethe difficulties, children still come to Suzukilessons, they still practise at home and theteachers are still teaching their groups andprivate lessons. Parents realise in suchdifficult times that their children’s education,growth and happiness are worth more thananything else and therefore focus evenmore on their home practice and positive

participation in Suzuki activities..

This further proves that our work as Suzukiteachers is of the utmost importance in suchdifficult times. Music is an important part ofthe healing process and we are contributing tothat with our teaching by giving our studentsthe tools of musical expression.

For the past year and a half I have beenprivileged to serve as the Chair of theInternational Suzuki Association. My term ofoffice ends in July this year as the post ofChair rotates between the five regional Suzukiassociations which form the ISA. It has beeninteresting to follow the work of Suzukiteachers and organisations all over the worldduring this time. We have a lot to learn fromeach other and all communications betweenus teachers, our students and their parents isa wonderful opportunity to share our commonway of approaching music. I would like toencourage all teachers in the ESA’s area ofoperation to participate in workshops all overthe world and to get to know colleagues fromnear and far. This year I would particularlylike to draw your attention to two internationalevents: The 15th World Suzuki Conventionwhich will be held in Melbourne Australia onApril 14-19 and the 1st International TeacherTrainers’ conference which will be held inNorth America at a place to be announced onOctober 9-11.

There are going to be changes in the ESA’sday to day routines this year. Our wonderfuladministrator Birte Kelly is resigning afterserving this organization for almost twentyyears. Birte has not only been a greatcolleague, efficient administrator and a goodfriend, but also the ESA’s biggest benefactor.She has housed the ESA office in her ownhome and always looked after the interest ofEuropean Suzuki teachers, parents andstudents in such an exemplary way that mostof us find the thought of her leaving difficult todeal with. I would like to thank Birte on behalfof the ESA for all her fantastic work anddedication without which we would never havebeen able to run our organisation and grow aswe have done. The ESA Board of Directorsmade Birte an Honorary Member of the ESAat their last meeting so she will still be one ofus for years to come.

Finally I would like to welcome two newcountries which joined the ESA recently. TheSuzuki association of Greece has becomemember of the ESA and the association inTurkey is working on the final steps of theirmembership. We look forward to working withthem in the future.

Chairman’s ColumnBy Dr Haukur F. Hannesson

EuropeanSuzuki Teachers’NewsletterOfficial Publication of theEuropean Suzuki Association Ltd(ESA)Hon. President:Eleonore Fürstin zu Salm-Salm

Chairman: Dr Haukur F. HannessonE-mail: [email protected]

Administrator and ESA Office:(until 30 June 2009)Dr Birte Kelly, ESA, Stour House,The Street, East Bergholt,Colchester, CO7 6TF, EnglandE-mail: [email protected] e-mail address will also be used by thenew administrator.

Website:www.europeansuzuki.orgThe European Suzuki Association (ESA), London, aCompany Limited by Guarantee No 1476933.Registered Address and Secretary of the Association,T. C. Constable, Esq, Weld and Beavan,32 Little Park Gardens, Enfield EN2 6PF, England

Bankers: Adam & Company Plc22 King Street, London SW1Y 6QY

Contributions to the ESA Publications:Please send contributions to the EuropeanSuzuki Association's Web-Journal at anytime during the year.

Deadline for next Newsletter:31 December 2009General Correspondence to the ESA Boardshould be addressed to the Administrator.Correspondence on instrument matters may besent to the ESA instrument representatives(addresses on centre pages).

International Teacher Trainer ConferenceFriday 9 October – Sunday 11 October 2009

A unique opportunity for Teacher Trainers from many countries and eachISA global region to interact, share ideas, discuss new repertoire and meet

new teacher trainer colleagues. All regions will be asked to help withplanning and to contribute to and share in presentations.

It was decided at the October 2008 ISA Board meeting in Iceland that the ISA and SAAwould jointly sponsor this first International Teacher Trainers Conference. The weekendevent will be hosted by the Suzuki Association of the Americas. The exact location in NorthAmerica will be announced shortly together with costs and other details. Thursday will be atravel day, and the conference will finish mid-afternoon on the Sunday.

Interested Teacher Trainers and Instructors are invited to contact the SAA office bye-mail to register their interest and receive information as soon as it is available.

E-mail: [email protected]: http://suzukiassociation.org

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Election of new membercountriesGreece: The new Greek Suzuki Associationwas elected as an associate member of ESA;Lina Tsaklagkanou was elected as the ESADirector for Greece.France: A new association, AssociationFrançaise Pedagogie Suzuki (AFPS) has beenset up after a period in which the country hadno association, and was elected as a fullmember of ESA. Christophe Bossuat waselected as ESA Director for France.Turkey: A national Suzuki association hasbeen set up in Turkey, and was elected as anassociate member pending and subject to theESA’s approval of its constitution.

Other appointments andresignationsBirte Kelly resigned as Deputy Chairman,and Koen Rens was appointed in her place.He also remains the ESA Director for Belgium.Sven Sjögren resigned as HonorarySecretary and Martin Rüttimann wasappointed to this post. Sven remains as theESA Director for Sweden and Martin as ESADirector for Switzerland.There were changes of ESA Directors asfollows Italy: Marco Messina was electedfollowing the resignation of Elena Enrico.Poland: Michal Gawronski was electedfollowing the resignation of Magda Walicka.All other members of the board were dulyre-elected. A full list is on the centre pages.

Financial Results andInformationThe result for the year to 31 December 2007was a small surplus of income overexpenditure. The ESA was also able to makea donation of €9,000 to the European SuzukiTeaching Development Trust. Membershipfees continue at the level of the last six 6years: €735 per country, plus €30 per A andB member.Special transitional arrangements for newcountries are now working. Membershippayments are phased in gradually over fiveyears. All countries with lower GDP (old ornew) pay a reduced level of membership.ESA’ Membership of ISA. ESA also paysmembership to International SuzukiAssociation, passing some of its annual

income to the ISA on behalf of the ESAnational associations. The amount is basedon teacher numbers and is currently USD 6per teacher, which in 2007 meant a totalcost of USD 6180. While this is dwarfed bythe contribution made by the SAA, ESA isnow the second biggest of the RegionalSuzuki Associations.

Changes and additions to theESA Teacher Training andExamination ManualThe Board agreed the following additions toAppendix C of the Manual.Harp, Organ and Voice exam repertoire, allpreviously approved by the board, wasadded to the Appendix, as well as the exampieces for Double Bass, a completely newESA instrument. Requirements for SuzukiEarly Childhood Education were alsoagreed and added. Approval was given forchanges to the Flute exam repertoire,agreed by the teacher trainers followingchanges to the flute booksThe ESA Leadership Conference held inSeptember 2007 had produced severalrecommendations for changes or additionsto the Manual. These had been looked atby a sub-committee and followed up with ane-mail survey. As a result a number ofchanges were made to the Manual. Allthese have now been incorporated in the2008 edition of the ESA Teacher TrainingManual which is available as a PDFdownload on the ESA Website’s TeacherTraining page.

A New ESA SyllabusA majority of those Teacher Trainers whoresponded agreed that there should be acommon syllabus for all ESA countries. Atthe Board meeting a resolution wastherefore approved to “establish a sub-committee, consisting of Koen Rens (chair),Grant Mead, Annette Costanzi, and Ankevan der Bijl, to consider the wish of amajority of teacher trainers to create an ESAsyllabus to standardise ESA TeacherTraining requirements throughout theregion”.

Code of EthicsFollowing a long discussion and previousdebate, a majority of the Board agreed thatthe ESA should have a written Code ofEthics following a model similar to that of theSuzuki Association of the Americas. A sub-committee to work on a proposal for thecode of ethics was appointed, consisting ofKoen Rens, Trudy Byron-Fahy and MartinRüttimann.

Report from the ESA’sAnnual General Meetingand Board Meeting 2008held on 13-14 September 2008 atNewnham College, Cambridge.

Grants paid by the Trust in 2008 £

Lithuania, violin, cello & piano 5,318Estonia Violin project 2007-8 2,319Grants to South African violin project 1,548Total Grants for the year 9,185

Bank transfers of grants 180

European Suzuki TeachingDevelopment TrustRegistered Charity Number 1092897

Trustees: Haukur F. Hannesson (chairman)Christine MagasinerJean MiddlemissClare Santer

About the Trust: The Trust was set up in 1994 byindividual members of the ESA to help musiciansand teachers in Eastern Europe who wanted tobecome Suzuki teachers. The Trust wasregistered as a Charity in July 2002.

The Objects of the Trust are ‘to advance theeducation of the public, particularly children andyoung people, about all aspects of the teachingmethods, philosophy and practices of Dr ShinichiSuzuki in Europe and elsewhere.’

Mission Statement: The Trust supports teachertraining so that children can be offered high qualitymusing teaching using the Suzuki approach,based on the principle that all children possessability which can be developed through a nurturingenvironment.

Current and future projectsTeacher Training in Lithuania continued asthe Trust’s major project. The TeacherTrainers are Koen Rens (violin), AnnetteCostanzi (cello) and Ruth Miura (piano).The 2007-8 violin project in Estonia, directedby Sven Sjögren, with nine trainees wasjointly financed with the Estonian SuzukiAssociation. A level 2 course is beingplanned.The Trustees are also budgeting for furthersupport to the projects in South Africa.It is hoped that further teacher trainingprojects in other countries will be started orcontinued over the next year. Interest hasbeen expressed in a number of countries.In 2009 the Trust is also contributing, alongwith the Danish Suzuki Association, to theDouble Bass course in Denmark.For further information and to makedonations, please contact the Trust’sAdministrator, Birte Kelly. Telephone +441206 299448 or [email protected]

Donations to the Trust in 2008 £

Christine Magasiner 1,000Jean Middlemiss 350ESA donation 2008 7,100Total donation income 8,450

Interest Income for 2008 1,531

5Suzuki teachers working indisadvantaged communitiesThis summary of the work of the South AfricanSuzuki Association (SASA) has been sent to us byAnne Naylor, Chair of SASA.

Many of our members teach indisadvantaged communities. These aretheir stories:

Rika GerrytsRika is a Suzuki violin teacher who works atthe East Rand School of the Arts which isfunded by the Gauteng Department ofEducation which also pays her salary. Sheworks there on a Monday and Friday and shehas about 15 High School pupils to teach.She teaches them individually or in pairs. Alot of these children live in hostels and comefrom a disadvantaged background. In manycases their care-giver at home is agrandparent as their parents are either deador work far from home.

On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and ThursdaysRika teaches at three different Primaryschools in the Daveton area of the East Rand.The East Rand School of the Arts overseesthis project in the schools. Rika teachesbetween 15 to 22 students per day usually ingroups of 3-5 pupils at a time and so managesto teach about 60 pupils in the three days.These pupils are charged a nominal fee ofabout R20.00 per month, if they can afford it.If not, the lessons are free. These childrenare also from disadvantaged backgrounds andfrom the local squatter camps.

The violins that the children use were boughtby a sponsor Seekers Travel with Flair andfrom funds raised by giving concerts.

The support that Rika needs is the following:1. Sponsorship for her fees for the SASA

Teacher Training Courses. She feels thather pupils directly benefit from her trainingas she is inspired with new ideas.especially for group lessons. Sponsorshipwould be a great help as she does notearn a big salary.

2. Sponsorships for her pupils to attend theGroup Lessons at our SASA TeacherTraining Courses.

3. Sponsorships for transport to SASAevents like Courses, Concerts and Camps.

4. Sponsorships for her pupils to attend theAnnual Suzuki Music Camp.

5. Sponsorship for Karen Kimmett to givethese pupils Group Master Classes at theirown school.

One of Rika’s pupils, Pascali Mokadi, a boy inGrade 10, has done very well. Aftermastering Book 5 of the Suzuki method, heattained a place in the JohannesburgSymphony Orchestra (an amateur group) andin the East Rand Youth Orchestra.

Betsie MeyerBetsie works at the Kingdom Life Children’sCentre two mornings a week. She teachesabout 25 children in groups of no more than10 at a time. At the moment they have 20violins, 10 of which have been donated bythe UNISA Music Foundation, five belong tothe SASA (having been donated by variouspeople) and five to Betsie. Betsie is paid forthis work by the UNISA Music Foundation.The orphanage is expanding next year withthe building of new shelters and Betsiehopes to teach there three mornings aweek, building up to five morningseventually.

The children at the orphanage are fromvarious disadvantaged backgrounds. Someare orphans, some were abused at homeand some were abandoned by their parents.The lady who runs the orphanage is verycommitted to the idea that the children needmusic in their education and so is verysupportive of everything Betsie does.Betsie’s Ensemble group from theOrphanage won the UNISA Competitionprize for Beginner Ensembles.The support Betsie needs is as follows:

1. More small violins (¼ and ½ size) asthere are many small children whowould like to learn.

2. Strings and repair work on the violins.3. Sponsorship for her fees for the SASA

Teacher Training Courses. She feelsthat her pupils directly benefit from hertraining as she is inspired with newideas. Sponsorship would be a greathelp as she does not earn a big salary.

4. Sponsorship for her pupils to attendthe Group Lessons at our SASATeacher Training Courses.

5. Sponsorships for transport to theSASA events like the Courses,Concerts and Camps.

6. Sponsorships for her pupils to attendthe Annual Suzuki Music Camp.

7. Sponsorship for Karen Kimmett to giveMaster Classes at their own school.

Anne NaylorAnne is also a Suzuki teacher who has madecontact with a young man, Isaac da Silva,from Angola. Isaac came to South Africa forthe month of October to have lessons withAnne. As a result of this, he will beestablishing contacts for Anne to go to Angolato teach the violin to a group of children. Weare hoping to start in a ‘rich’ school that couldafford to buy violins for their pupils and to payAnne a gratuity for her services.

But we would also need:1. Transport and accommodation costs for

Anne.2. Once this project is established, we would

like to invite Karen Kimmett andChristophe Bossuat to give masterclasses. For this we would need transport,accommodation and gratuity costscovered.

Elizabeth NtshaliElizabeth is a black lady who came to two ofour Teacher Training Courses. She works inthe Shoshanguwe township and is doing avery good job. Her Ensemble group won theUNISA competition for Advanced Groups.

Elizabeth is an example of how the trainingshe has received has given her a way to earnher own living.

The support Elizabeth needs is:1. Sponsorship for her fees for the SASA

Teacher Training Courses.

FinallyAs the South African Suzuki Association wewould say that our biggest need issponsorship for the air fare and gratuity of theSuzuki Teacher Trainers who come fromFrance (Christophe Bossuat) and Canada(Karen Kimmett). Both these teachers areresponsible for our Teacher Training Coursesand would love to be able to spend more timeteaching in the disadvantaged communities.

Betsie’s pupils from the orphanage playing atour recent concert As there were not enoughviolins for all of them to play, some of themsang while the others played. Here you cansee the violinists playing while one of the boysdid a street dance. It was great fun!!

Please do contact Anne Naylor if you wouldlike any more information or if you can help inany way: e-mail: [email protected]

Suzuki Groups, teachers or families whowould like to raise funds or make donationsfor any of these projects may do so throughthe European Suzuki Teaching DevelopmentTrust. We have no overhead costs and willbe able to transfer funds to the South AfricanSuzuki Associations on your behalf.

For bank details or other information, pleasecontact the Trust Administrator

Birte KellyStour HouseEast BergholtColchester, CO7 6TFe-mail: [email protected]

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Suzuki Instrument

NewsMandolin is now a SuzukiInstrumentAt the ISA Board meeting in Reykjavik inOctober 2008, the ISA Board accepted theESA’s recommendation and approvedMandolin as a Suzuki Instrument.Prior to this, ESA had set up a ResearchProject for Mandolin run by Amelia Saracco,Italy and supervised by Liana Mosca andKoen Rens.

At the next ESA Board Meeting the ItalianSuzuki Association can apply for approval tostart a Mandolin course directed by AmeliaSaracco, who will also need to apply tobecome a teacher trainer. Amelia’s studentsappear in the photo above and her article onthe Suzuki Method for Mandolin ispublished in the 2009 ESA Web-Journal.

Anyone interested in teacher training for

Mandolin should contact the Italian SuzukiAssociation (details on centre pages).Double BassThe new ESA Double Bass course was offto a great start in November 2008, thanks tothe huge energy and commitment of ournew ESA Teacher Trainer, Virginia Dixonfrom the USA, and of the nine trainees (fromseven ESA countries). Huge thanks arealso due to the Danish Suzuki Associationand Peter Skriver of Albertslund MusicSchool for taking on the organisation, and tothe Danish Suzuki Institute for providingovernight accommodation. See also theDanish news on page 13, and contact theassociation for further information (details oncentre pages).

GuitarSuzuki Guitar Book 9 has just beenpublished by Alfred Publishing. The book isthe result of the continuing and long-termco-operation of all the members of theInternational Guitar Committee.

FluteTeacher Training for flute continues inFinland, Belgium, The Netherlands and theUK. In Italy a new course with Anke van derBijl produced its first examined teachers inDecember 2008 and Anke is also starting acourse in Switzerland in February 2009.Marja-Leena Mäkilä presented anintroductory course in Denmark in 2008,which will hopefully be the start of a longterm course.

RecorderThe recorder course in London is planningits first exams in 2009. It is directed byNancy Daly (Instructor with the right to trainteachers to level 3) who works closely withthe BSI’s flute course. For details ofcourses please contact the BSI office, seecentre pages.

OrganSuzuki Organ has a new website,appropriately called www.suzukiorgan.com.

Books 1-4 of the Suzuki Organ repertoirehave now been published, and GunillaRönnberg is offering teacher training inEnglish with a course planned for 1-6August 2009. For details see the website orcontact Gunilla: [email protected]

PianoBooks 1-3 of the new International pianoedition were published in May 2008 togetherwith new recordings by Seizo Azuma, andwere well received with positive feedbackfrom many teachers and parents.

In the summer of 2008, the ESA piano

teacher trainers held an informal consultation /ballot by e-mail to select an interim ESA sub-committee to advise Kasia Borowiak on thepreparations for the next books. The membersare, in addition to Kasia and her Deputy ChrisMagasiner, Grant Mead, Anne Turner andThomas Rydfeldt.

The International Piano Committee continuesits work and has been preparing book 4 forpublication. The committee last met inColorado in November 2008 to discuss books5-7 and is planning to meet again in October2009. In the meantime they continue to workby e-mail. Whereas the committee made onlyminor changes in repertoire in the early books,more new pieces have been proposed forbooks 5-7. Details will be available on thenew Instrument pages of the ESA website.

ViolaTeacher Training and Conversion courses(from violin to viola) continue to be offered inDenmark ( by Ilona Telmanyi) and Scotland(by Mysie Ferguson). A new Viola Instructor,Sarah Buckley, has recently been appointed inIceland.Contact the BSI and the Danish SuzukiAssociation for information about courses anddates.

ViolinAt the ESA Board meeting in September 2008,considerable time was spent discussing theproblems which had occurred when the newViolin books 1-3 were published. Many ofthese occurred in the translations of the text,particularly into German. But there were alsoother problems which were highlighted in apresentation by Kerstin Wartberg.It was agreed that the new books must be ofthe highest possible quality and all concernedagreed to work to achieve this. An ESA sub-committee for violin was elected by the board,consisting of Christophe Bossuat, MarianneRygner, Liana Mosca, Martin Rüttimann(secretary) and Kerstin Wartberg. The sub-committee’s task is to advise and assistChristophe Bossuat in his work on theInternational committee and where necessaryseek further input from other teacher trainers.The International Violin Committee last met inIceland in October to work on books 5-6.

Following the initial complaints about the firstthree books, substantial revisions have nowbeen undertaken by the publishers and areappearing as the books are reprinted.

The process of editing and revising the booksis of necessity quite slow, since each memberof the International Violin Committee needs toconsult his own regional committee before theInternational committee can reach a decision,preferably by consensus, otherwise by vote.

New Instrument Pages for theESA Website

It has been agreed in principle to create newwebsite pages so that news from eachinstrument can be accessed on the ESAWebsite. The eventual aim is to make parts ofthis section of the website passwordprotected, and open only to some users (e.g.teachers). This feature will require someprofessional help to design.

In the shorter term a more general and openinformation service will be set up, containingthe same kind of reports as can be found inthis Newsletter section. This will also requiresome re-designing of the website with a newindex page for Teacher Training, which will inturn have links to each instrument. We hopethat some of the new pages will be active bythe end of March.

It is the intention that each page will be underthe editorial supervision of the relevantInstrument Representative.

A similar system is also being planned for theISA website: www.internationalsuzuki.org

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Membership Requirement forWorkshop Participants

The recent growth of excellent workshopswhich also invite participants from other areasand countries is a welcome development.

The ESA Board would like to remind allNational Suzuki Associations and Workshoporganisers that all participants should bemembers of ESA, wherever possible throughthe national Suzuki association of their homecountry.

All qualified Suzuki teachers who aremembers of ESA through their national Suzukiassociation are welcome to submit details oftheir workshops to ESA for inclusion on thewebsite via e-mail:[email protected]

ESA LeadershipConference 2010

Following feedback from the last conferenceand board discussions, it was agreed thatanother conference should be planned for

2010.There would be a continued focus on

leadership, but also, by popular request,more possibilities for playing together.Koen Rens and Martin Rüttimann will

consider format and venue and report back.The likely dates are 17-19 September 2010

Do put it in your diary NOW!

Job Opportunities forSuzuki Teachers

More details on ESA Website

Two jobs in Arusha, TanzaniaSuzuki Violin and Suzuki Piano teacher

From August 2009 in Music SchoolFor information contact:[email protected]@gmail.com

Cambridge, UKSuzuki violin teacher needed to take over fromStella Guillen in shared teaching practice withPolly Waterfield, from Sept 2009. 20 committedfamilies from Twinkle-Bk 6 (+ long waiting-list), .More information from Polly: tel 01223 529763.E-mail: [email protected],

Galloway Suzuki GroupDue to retirement this established group of 25children pre-twinkle– Book 7, seeks a SuzukiViolin Teacher. Please contact Hazel McDonald:

Tel: 01683 220345e-mail: [email protected]

and before that in the Web-Journal.

See also: www.suzukivoice.comSuzuki Early ChildhoodEducation

The exam requirements for this teachertraining course, which is new to Europe,have now been agreed. They are basedon the model which Dorothy Jones hasused successfully in Australia. As inAustralia, ESA will initially offer only thepre-natal and baby classes, and thetraining will be open only to teachers whohave at least a level 2 qualification on aninstrument.

Despite the current financial problems it ishoped that a course will be organised in2009. The BSI is the most likelyorganiser of the first course for teachers,but there is also interest in othercountries. Please contact the ESA officeif you would like information or registerinterest.

NoticesTeacher TrainerAppointments 2008The following were appointed as ESAteacher trainers/examiners:Violin: Almut Hesse (Germany); MartinRüttimann (Switzerland) and Ewa Tosik(Iceland)Cello: Marianne Vrijland (Netherlands)Piano: Kathy Williams Hargrave (USA)Double Bass: Virginia Dixon (USA)application.

Becoming a Teacher TrainerTeachers who are interested incontributing to the Suzuki Method bybecoming trainers themselves, shouldstudy the requirements in the ESATeacher Training Manual. This isavailable as a download on the ESAWebsite’s teacher training page.The first step is to become an Instructor.This involves fulfilling a series of specificrequirements, including videos of teachingand playing. The appointment is made bythe candidate’s national association,which informs the ESA using an InstructorAppointment Form. The minimum periodof instructorship is two years, but inpractice it is often longer. The two yearsis counted from the date when the ESAreceives the Form and confirms theappointment.Instructors work as assistants to theteacher trainer who supervises them andshould ideally also observe the work ofteacher trainers in other countries.

Please see further reports from the Chairmanof the International Violin Committee,Christophe Bossuat, on the ESA’s new Violinpage, due to go live by the end of March.

Suzuki Voice

The Suzuki Voice Book 1 will be published inthe first quarter of 2009, and book 2 and theCDs for one and two are now ready forpublication.

The basic content of Suzuki Voice TeacherTraining is the same in every country andRegion,. ESA level 1 is the same as primarylevel Stage 1 in PPSA and Unit 1 in SAA.

The 7th “Songs for Sharing” InternationalSuzuki Voice Workshop was held in Buenos

Aires, Argentina January 2-8, 2009 and

included teaching and training. This eventwas organised by Analia Paula Capponi-Savolainen together with the ArgentinianSuzuki Voice families and Päivi Kukkamäki.It was also the first Suzuki Voice Unit 1course in Latin America and included traineeteachers from Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Peruand Argentina.

A number of other workshops and teachertraining courses were held in 2008, inEurope, Australia and North America. Alsoin 2008, the ESA teacher trainers acceptedthe first voice teacher trainee fromZimbabwe.

The next major event is the 15th SuzukiWorld Convention in Melbourne, AustraliaApril 14-19, 2009. There will be SuzukiVoice teacher training, exams and achildren’s course).

The full report will be available as one of thenew instrument pages on the ESA Website

Katrina Pezzimenti, Australia, Analia PaulaCapponi-Savolainen (Argentina) and PäiviKukkamäki in Buenos Aires in January 2009

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Informationfrom ESA

The Annual General Meeting of theEuropean Suzuki Association Ltd

will take place atA venue to be announced

on Saturday 19 September 2009 at 5 pmAll A & B members are very welcome

The next Board Meeting will be held at thesame venue from 2 pm on Saturday 19September 2008 and will finish by 1 pm onSunday 20 September. The venue will beconfirmed to board members as soon aspossible, and announced on the ESA website

The Board of the ESAAddresses are given only where not listed inthe association section.

Chairman: Haukur F. Hannessonc/o ESA office as below.E-mail: [email protected] Chairman: Koen Rens:[email protected] until 30 June: Birte Kelly,Stour House, East Bergholt, Colcester CO7 6TF,UK. e-mail: [email protected] Secretary: Martin Rü[email protected] Treasurer:Marianne Rygner, Denmarke-mail: [email protected]

Instrumental Directors:

Violin: Marianne Rygner, Denmarke-mail: [email protected] and ESA Director: Christophe Bossuat13 rue Royale -69001 Lyon, FranceFax: +33 4 78 27 38 16; e-mail:[email protected]: Kasia Borowiak, 6 Handsworth Way,South Oxhey, Herts WD19 7NS, England.tel/fax: +44 181 428 1936. e-mail:[email protected]: Christine Magasiner – e-mail:[email protected]

Cello: Ruben Rivera, 91 Quai Pierre Scize,F-69005 Lyon, France)e-mail: [email protected]: Annette Costanzi, e-mail: [email protected]

Flute: Anke van der Bijl,e-mail: [email protected]: Marja Leena Mäkilä, Finlande-mail: [email protected] instruments are represented on the boardas follows:

Double Bass: Ruben RiveraGuitar, harp &Mandolin Marco MessiinaOrgan Haukur F. HannessonRecorder: Anke van der BijlViola Marianne RygnerVoice: Marja Olamaa

Country Directors:(Deputies, without vote, in brackets)

BELGIUM: Koen Rens(Anne-Marie Oberreit)

DENMARK: Marianne Rygner(Tove Detreköy)

CROATIA Marko MadjaricESTONIA: Karmen Kääramees

(Sirje Subbe-Tamm)FAROE ISLANDS: Sámal Petersen

(Jakku Heinesen)FINLAND: Marja Olamaa

(Airi Koivukoski)FRANCE Christophe Bossuat

13 rue Royale, 69001, Lyon.GERMANY: Kerstin Wartberg,

(Friederike Wilckens)GREECE Lina TtsaklagkanouG. BRITAIN: Sue Thomas

c/o BSI Office(Grant Mead)

HUNGARY: Miklós KirályH-1039 BudapestAdy Endre utca [email protected]

ICELAND: Mary CampbellNesbali 4, 170 Seltjarnarnes,[email protected](Adalheidur Matthiasdottir)

IRELAND: Trudy Byron-Fahy(Magsie Goor)

ITALY: Marco Messina(Elio Galvagno)

LITHUANIA: Terese Varnauskiene(Liutauras Lipavicius)

NETHERLANDS: Anke van der BijlBurg Martenssingel, 111,2806 CS Gouda,[email protected](Huub de Leeuw)

NORWAY Anne-Berit Halvorsen(Britta Skärby-Vindenes)

POLAND: Michal Gawronskiul. Dabrowskiego 25/1943-100 Tychy(Anna Kajetanowicz)

SOUTH AFRICA: Anne Naylor(Betsie Meyer)

SPAIN: Ana Maria Sebastian(Carmele Kendoya)

SWEDEN: Sven Sjögren(Leif Elving)

SWITZERLAND: Martin Rüttimann

Suzuki Associations& Teacher TrainingCourses in Europe

Talent Education Suzuki InstituteBelgium (TESIB)President: Mari-Anne Heck PecherSecretary and ESA representative:Koen Rens, Steenweg op Zevendonk 1242300 Turnhout, [email protected] training for violin, piano and flute.

British Suzuki Institute (BSI)www.britishsuzuki.comAdministrator: Minette JoyceBritish Suzuki Institute, Kensington CharityCentre, 4th Floor, Charles House375 Kensington High Street, London W148QH - Tel: + 44 20 7471 6777 Fax: +44 207471 6778. e-mail: [email protected] of Suzuki Music and Materials. Teachertraining for violin, piano, flute, recorder andcello in London, violin in Birmingham; violinand Viola in Scotland.

Croatian Suzuki CentrePresident: Mrs. Borna Rajić. Secretary andESA Representative : Marko MadjaricHrvatski Suzuki Centar, AddressTeacher Training for Violin.

Danish Suzuki Associationwww.suzukiforbund.dkChair and ESA RepresentativeMarianne Rygner, Hjelmsgade 8, 2100København Ø, Denmark.e-mail: [email protected] training courses in violin, viola, piano,cello, double bass and guitar.

Estonian Suzuki AssociationPresident and ESA Representative: KarmenKääramees, Õle 7-14, 10611 Tallinn, Estoniae-mail: [email protected] Teacher Training with Sven Sjögren.

Faroe Islands Suzuki AssociationSámal Petersen, Chairman, Vid A 13,FO 180 Kaldbak. Tel +298 31 08 36e-mail: [email protected]@torshavn.fo

Finnish Suzuki AssociationPresident: Marja Olamaa, Kotipolku 16,00600 Helsinki, Finland.e-mail: [email protected] training for piano with RiittaKotinurmi; violin Marja Olamaa and HanneleLehto; cello Anja Maja; flute Marja-LeenaMäkilä; voice Päivi Kukkamäki.

French Suzuki AssociationAssociation Française Pédagogie Suzuki(AFPS) - President: Jean-Claude Latile-mail [email protected] and association address:Geneviève Prost : 38, rue Antoine Maille13005 Marseille.Teacher training for violin, piano, and cello.

German Suzuki AssociationKlosterstrasse 9 – 11, D-95028 Hof, Germany.Tel +49 (0) 92 81) 72 00-0Fax +49 (0) 92 81) 72 00-72e-mail: [email protected]: Wilfried Anton.Vice-President & Director of Teacher Training:Kerstin Wartberg, Ankerstr. 34, D-53757 St.

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Augustin, Germany. Fax: +49 2241 202461.e-mail [email protected] Training for Violin at all levels,several venues. Cello course in Hof.

Greek Suzuki AssociationMain contact and ESA Representative:Lina Tsaklagkanou, 4 Rethimnis str, Athens,Museum, Greece. Tel: +30 2108835333E-mail [email protected]

Hungarian Suzuki AssociationChairman: László Kenessey, Budapest,H, 1036 Óbudai u. 11. Hungary

ESA Representative: Miklós KirályH-1039 Budapest, Ady Endre utca 11.e-mail [email protected] Teacher Training with JeanneJanssens; Cello with Annette Costanzi.

Icelandic Suzuki Associationwww.suzukisamband.isChairman: Linda Sveinbjornsdottire-mail: [email protected]: PO Box 5453, 125 Reykjavik.:ESA Representative: Mary Campbelle-mail: [email protected] training for violin, cello, piano.

Suzuki Education Institute of Irelandwww.suzukiireland.nete-mail: [email protected]: Sheila BenneyTeacher Training: Trudy Byron-Fahy,Maymount, Magazine Road, Cork, Ireland.Tel: +353 214 345877.e-mail: [email protected] training for violin, piano and cello.

Italian Suzuki Institutewww.istitutosuzukiitalia.orgPresident: Fiorenza Rosi c/o Villa Serenavia Della Barca 1, 40133 Bologna,Italy. E-mail: [email protected] training for violin, cello, piano, guitar,flute, harp; mandolin planned.

Lithuanian Suzuki Associationwww.talentas.ltPresident: Teresa Varnauskiene,Vaistines 6, Kaunas 3000, Lithuaniae-mail: [email protected] ice-president: Liutauras Lipaviciuse-mail: [email protected] training for piano with Ruth Miura,cello with Annette Costanzi and violin withKoen Rens.

Norwegian Suzuki AssociationWebsite: wwww.norsuzuki.noChair: Anne-Berit Halvorsen,Arnebråtveien 38B, 0771 Oslo.e-mail: [email protected] Training: Violin in Bergen. Piano andcello planned.

Suzuki Association of the Netherlands(SVN), www.suzukimuziek.nlBurg Martenssingel 111, 2806 CS GoudaChairman: Martin Loose, Fax +31 704400160 e-mail: [email protected] training: violin, piano, flute cello.Music sales (mail-order).

Polish Suzuki Associationwww.suzuki.edu.plChair: Teresa Kulse-mail: [email protected] Chair: Anna KajetanowiczCentrum Rozwoju Uzdolnienul. Waszkowskiego 7, 02-913 WarszawaTeacher Training for piano and violin. Celloplanned.

South African Suzuki AssociationContact and ESA representativeAnne Naylor, Box 206, Ferndale,2160, Republic of South Africae-mail: [email protected] Teacher Training with ChristopheBossuat and Karen Kimmett.

Spanish Suzuki Federationwww.metodosuzuki.comDirector: Ana Maria Sebastian,Avenida de Navarra, 44, 20013San Sebastian, Fax: +34 943 273422e-mail: [email protected] training for violin, piano and cello

Swedish Suzuki Associationwww.swesuzuki.orgSecretary: Sven Andersson,Flamgränd 20, 393 64 Kalmare-mail: [email protected]: Sven Sjögren, Gjutegården 2,S-43645 Askim, Sweden. Fax: +46 31 68 5113. E-mail [email protected] training for violin, viola, cello, piano,flute, guitar and organ. Trumpet researchproject.

The Suzuki Institute of Switzerlandwww.suzuki-music-method.ch/President: Martin Rüttimann e-mail:[email protected] Susanna Coray Tel: (+41-61) 28143 55 e-mail [email protected] Administrators: Piano: LolaTavor; Violin: Dan Derry; Cello: AndreaVizkelety.Piano and Violin teacher training. Newcourses for cello and flute.

Turkish Suzuki AssociationESA membership pending:President: Julide Yalcin-Dittgene-mail: [email protected] Sitesi, D4 no 1. Bilkent 3, Ankara

International SuzukiAssociationWebsite: www.internationalsuzuki.org

President: Professor Koji Toyoda, c/o. TERI,Japan (see address below).

Chair of the Board: until 30 June 2009:Dr. Haukur F. Hannesson (ESA). From 1July the Chair will held by the Asia SuzukiAssociation (see below).

Chief Executive Officer: Paul LandefeldInternational Suzuki AssociationP.O. Box 260032, Plano, Texas 75026Telephone: 214-783-3671Fax: 972-769-1843E-mail: [email protected]

Suzuki Associations inother Continents“Regional Associations”Suzuki Association of the Americas(SAA) www.suzukiassociation.org

Chair: Diane SchroederExecutive Director: Pam Brasch, PO Box17310, Boulder, CO80308, USA.Fax: +1 303 444 0984e-mail: [email protected]

Pan-Pacific Suzuki Association

President: Yasuki NakamuraAdministrator: Gillian ChurchillPO Box 814, St. Ives 2075 NSW AustraliaPhone: 61-2 9488 8260; Fax: 61-2-9488-8601. E-mail: [email protected]

Japan: Talent Education ResearchInstitute (TERI)

www.suzukimethod.or.jpe-mail: [email protected]: Professor Koji Toyoda. Office: 3-10-3 Fukashi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390,Japan. Tel: 81 263 32 7171 Fax: 81 263 32745. Secretary: Mitsuko Kawakami,e-mail: [email protected]

Asia Suzuki Association

www,asiasuzuki.orgPresident: Mr Kying-Ik Hwang, Korea.Adminstrative Officer: Mr Cheol-WoongJeong, Hyozadong 1-603-4, wansangu,Jeonju city, Korea. -Tel: +82 63 222 6661Fax: +82 63 224 6660.e-mail: [email protected]

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ESATeacher-Trainer /ExaminersTeacher Trainers appointed September 2008are indicated in bold

ViolinJane Afia G. BritainAlison Apley G. BritainKathrin Averdung GermanyHelen Brunner G. BritainJudy Bossuat USAChristophe Bossuat FranceTrudy Byron-Fahy IrelandMary Campbell IcelandHeather Clemson G. BritainTove Detreköy DenmarkLeif Elving SwedenMysie Ferguson G. BritainFlora Gáll GermanyWilfried van Gorp BelgiumShannon Hawes DenmarkAlmut Hesse GermanyLilja Hjaltadottir IcelandJeanne Janssens BelgiumAgathe Jerie SwitzerlandVeronika Kimiti GermanyKaren-Michele Kimmett Canada / FPhillipa Lees IrelandHannele Lehto FinlandJohannes Lievaart NetherlandsFelicity Lipman G. BritainJan Matthiesen DenmarkLee Robert Mosca ItalyLiana Mosca ItalyMarja Olamaa FinlandBarbata Parham G. BritainJyrki Pietila BermudaAnna Podhajska IcelandGenevieve Prost FranceKoen Rens BelgiumMartin Rüttimann SwitzerlandMarianne Rygner DenmarkClare Santer G. BritainSandrine Schär-Chiffele SwitzerlandAna Maria Sebastian SpainCathy Shepheard GermanySven Sjögren SwedenSue Thomas G. BritainEwa Tosik IcelandMary Trewin G. BritainKerstin Wartberg Germany

ViolaEdith Code DenmarkMysie Ferguson G. BritainEva Nilsson SwedenIlona Telmanyi Denmark

PianoAnne Birthe Andersen DenmarkSusan Bird G. BritainKasia Borowiak GB/PolandColette Daltier FranceLavinia Ferguson G. BritainCaroline Gowers G. BritainPeter Hagn-Meincke DenmarkCathy Hargrave USAMaarit Honkanen FinlandMarzena Jasinska PolandRiitta Kottinurmi Finland

Kristinn Orn Kristinsson IcelandHuub de Leeuw NetherlandsClaire Lester G. BritainMary McCarthy G. BritainJenny Macmillan G. BritainEsther Lund Madsen DenmarkChristine Magasiner G. BritainGrant Mead G. BritainRuth Miura BelgiumAnne Marie Oberreit BelgiumStephen Power G. BritainKristjana Palsdottir IcelandThomas Rydfeldt SwedenKevin Smith G. BritainLola Tavor SwitzerlandAnne Turner G. Britain

CelloSara Bethge G. BritainAnnette Costanzi G. BritainAngela East G. BritainAnn Grabe USAAnders Grøn DenmarkHaukur F Hannesson IcelandPenny Heath G. BritainCarey Beth Hockett USAAnne van Laar NetherlandsChantal Latil FranceArantza Lopez SpainChristine Livingstone G. BritainAnja Maja FinlandAntonio Mosca ItalyAlison McNaught G. BritainRuben Rivera FranceMarianne Vrijland NetherlandsFriederike Wilckens Germany

Double BassVirginia Dixon USA

FluteAnke van der Bijl NetherlandsPandora Bryce CanadaDavid Gerry CanadaMarja Leena Mäkilä FinlandSarah Hanley G. BritainBarbara Newland G. BritainRebecca Paluzzi USABelinda Yourn Australia

GuitarElio Galvagno ItalyHarald Söderberg Sweden

VoiceMette Heikkinen FinlandPäivi Kukkamäki FinlandKatrina Pezzimenti Australia

HarpGabriella Bosio Italy

OrganGunilla Rönnberg Sweden

RecorderNancy Daly Great Britain(instructorwith right to train teachers at levels 1, 2 and 3)

Suzuki Early Childhood EducationDorothy Jones Canada

InstructorsThe following instructors have been appointed bytheir national associations, according to the ESA

guidelines agreed in October 2000, and confirmedby ESA:British Suzuki Institute:Lynda Jordan (violin); Nancy Daly (recorder)Finland: Eija Puukko (Flute)Germany: Constanze Wurzel (violin), AndreaMugrauer (violin), Isabel Morey Suau (violin)Iceland: Sarah Buckley (viola)Poland: Elzbieta Wegrzyn (violin)Spain: Maria Jesus Cano (violin), Nuria Cullell(piano)Switzerland: Dominique Jeanneret (violin), CarolBez (cello).Addresses of teacher trainers and instructors areavailable from national associations and the ESA office:ESA, Stour House, East Bergholt, Suffolk, CO7 6TF.

Teacher Trainees’Exam Results 2008and late registration 2006-7

BELGIUM12 April 2008 Brussels

Piano LevelJohanna Put 1Geneviève Decuyper 1Marija Petrovic (Serbia) 1Examiners: Huub de Leeuw (NL), Stephen Power(GB); Anne-Marie Oberreit.

April 2008 (supplement)Flute LevelMachteld van Geenhoven 5Examiners: Anke van der Bijl (NL), Sarah Hanley(GB); Marja-Leena Mäkilä.

BRITAIN16-17 February, Birmingham

Violin LevelNancy Borrett 1Louise Carey 1Susanna Cleaver 1Jenny Graham 1Donatella Paiano 1Gisela Soares 1Bridget Walker 1Neil McErlean 1+2Tim Beilby 3Antonia Finch 3Jenny Shaw 3Alison Sutton 3Catherine Hey 4Examiners Trudy Byron Fahy (Ireland), JohannesLievaart (NL); Heather Clemson.

29 Feb-2 March 2008 in LondonViolin LevelLouise Brodrick 1Beatrice Gauld 1Anna Maguire 1Wei-Yee Shiu 1Shelagh Thomson 1Tania Tribius 1Mary Tyler 1Vanessa Moore 2Emma Seggar 2Claudio Forcada 2+3David Kennedy 2+3Anna-Marie Miller 2+3

11Juan Drown 3+4Louisa Knapp 5Helena Massip 5Examiners: Trudy Byron Fahy (Irel), Lilja Hjaltadottir(Icel.); Barbara Parham.

31 March 2008 LondonPiano LevelGraham Rix 1Shih-Ching Wei-Prichard 1Susan Finn 2Katherine Hey 2Jo Highley 2Sonnika Maritz 5Examiners: - Anne Birthe Andersen (DK), RiittaKotinurmi (Finl), Grant Mead.

22-23 July 2008 in SuffolkCello LevelEmma Butterworth 1Jon Cottle 1Monica Mitchell 1Mary Walton 2Sara Greenwood 3Jane Sherwood 3Rachel Drayson 4Amelia McCluney 4Eulalia Subira (Spain) 4+5Examiners: Carey Beth Hockett (USA), RubenRivera (France); Penny Heath.

6 August 2008 in CornwallFlute LevelMagda Schwerzmann (Switzerland) 1Nicola Shorland 3Diana Dickerson 4Elizabeth Rowan 4+5Examiners: Anke van der Bijl (NL), Mary Trewin (inthe absence of David Gerry); Sarah Hanley.

7 December 2008 in EdinburghViolin LevelJamie Craighead 1Robin Panter 1Morag Brown 2Maureen Quinn 2Shelagh Redi 2Viola LevelSue Hunt 2Maria Lopez (conversion) 3Jane Panter (conversion) 3Examiners: Eva Nilsson (Sweden); Jan Matthiesen(Denmark), Mysie Ferguson.

DENMARKOctober 2008 Funen

Piano LevelMette Rasmussen 2Lise Wille-Jørgensen 2Examiners: Caroline Gowers (GB), Esther LundMadsen (DK) (in the absence of Anne Turner),Anne Birthe Andersen.

November 2008 AarhusViolin LevelRoberto Sarno 5Søren Steensgaard 5Examiners: Lilja Hjaltadottir (Icel.), Sue Thomas(GB), Jan Matthiesen.

November 2008 CopenhagenViolin LevelAna Saptefrati 1

Maja Lindholm Damberg 2Nina Lange 3Maiken Wang Larsen 3Signe Scharling 3Dorte Nørgaard 5Examiners: Jeanne Janssens (Belgium), HanneleLehto (Finland); Tove Detreköy and MarianneRygner.

December 2008 CopenhagenCello LevelJelena Djurovic 2Erika Umanez (Germany 5Examiners: Ruben Rivera (France), FriederikeWilckens (Germany), Anders Grøn.

ESTONIA17-18 May in Talinn

Violin LevelAnu Mänd 1Kai Rebane 1Tekla Tapo 1Tatjana Günter 1Tiiu Kotla 1Reet Leinuste 1Glaire Helilaid-Ruben 1Teresa Heinsaar 1Krisit Alas 1Examiners: Marja Olamaa (Finland), JanMatthiesen (Denmark); Sven Sjögren.

FRANCEApril 2008

Violin LevelFloria Brand 1Jonathan Dour 1Irene Galligo (Spain) 1Eve Lliamas 1Nadine Miccio 1Daniela de Vingo (Italy 2Maria Grazia Corino (Switzerland) 2+3Isabelle Fuexer 3Sergio Garcia 3Julide Yalcin (Turkey) 1+2+3Razan Mohamad (Syria) 4Patirica Rüttimann (Switzerland) 4Examiners: Barbara Parham (GB), Wilfried vanGorp (B), Christophe Bossuat.

April 2007 (late registration)Cello LevelStéphanie Arnoult 1Anna Carlson (Switzerland/Norway) 1Sara Guri (Spain) 1Rebecca Hagmann (Switzerland) 1Loreto Munoz Osorio (Spain / Chile) 1Ingrid Kuntzman 2Andrea Vizkelety 3Examiners: Anders Grøn (Denmark), AntonioMosca (Italy), Chantal Latil and Ruben Rivera.

August 2006 (late registration)Cello LevelLion Boissiere 1Ingrid Kuntzman 1Marinne Rdellac 2+3Michelle Caillol (Mock double bass) 2+3Examiners: Christophe Bossuat, Mary Campbell(Iceland), Ana Maria Sebastian (Spain), ChantalLatil and Ruben Rivera.

October 2008 in ParisPiano LevelOlga Bereznitskaya 1+2Laura Hahn 1+2Patrick Van Kerckhove (Belgium) 1Fouad El Karout 1Camille Chapron 2Aude Portalier 2Examiners: Christine Magasiner (GB), ColetteDaltier (France); Ruth Miura (Spain).

GERMANY21-22 June i2008 n Hof

Violin LevelOlga Bereznitskaya 1+2Laura Hahn 1+2Cornelia Lehfeldt (Austria) 1+2Walter Linninger (Austria) 1+2Regine Luy 1+2Dorothee Schmidl 1+2Ingrid Lampe 3Ulrike Maurer 3Claudia Meinel 3Masako Sakai-Hersen 3Susanne Schneeweiss 3Examiners: Agathe Jerie (Switzerland), MarianneRygner (Denmark); Kerstin Wartberg.

ICELAND14-15 March 2008

Violin LevelÜlle Hahndorf 2Svava Bernhardsdottir 2Examiners: Sven Sjögren (Sweden) and AlisonApley (GB) Lilja Hjaltadottir.

IRELAND25-26 October 2008 in Edinburgh

Piano LevelTamara Gzibovska (Latvia) 1Kristine Ravioa (Latvia) 1Agnese Sakare 1Sean Spencer (Scotland) 2Karen Ladomery (Scotland) 2Isla Pitkethly (Scotland) 2Maria Falsone (Scotland) 2Carol Hamilton (Scotland) 2Concepta Casserly 2Maire Mac Lochlainn 2Lucia Bellido (Spain) 2Examiners: Peter Hagn-Meincke (Denmark), AnneTurner (GB); Mary McCarthy.

ITALYMarch 2008

Guitar LevelDavide Fabbri 2Maurizio Mangia 3Paol Jacomella ( Swtzerland) 4Guido Tazza 5Examiners: Harald Soderberg (Sweden) GabriellaBosio (Italy); Elio Galvagno.

March 2007 (addendum)Guitar LevelFrancesca Galvagno 5Examiners: Harald Soderberg (Sweden, GabriellaBosio (Italy); Elio Galvagno.

1221-23 June 2008 in Milan

Piano LevelStefania Maio 1Johanna Utta 1Laura Combatti 2Roberta Springer 2Martina Illitsch 2 + 3Teresa Castiglione 3Elisa Sambi 3Yurika Ishikawa 4Harald Dauschan 5Antonella Di Giulio 5Examiners: Kasia Borowiak (Pl/GB), ChristineMagasiner (GB); Lola Tavor.

16-17 June 2007 in MilanPiano LevelLaura Combatti 1Roberta Springer 1Martina Illitsch 1Teresa Castiglione 2Irene D’Andrea 2Elisa Sambi 2Barbara Marras 3Yurika Ishikawa 3Antonella Di Giulio 4Maia Glouchkova 5Examiners: Kasia Borowiak (Pl/GB), ChristineMagasiner (GB); Lola Tavor.

June and November 2008 in TurinHarp LevelMaria Luisa Ferraro Caruso 1Silvia Bonino 1Examiners: Elio Galvagno, Liana Mosca; GabriellaBosio.

September 2008 in TurinViolin LevelEleonora Bandecchi 1Davide Bizzarri 1Simona Castiglione 1Alessandro Chiapello 1Emilia Gavaruzzi 1Marina Martianova 1Giangiacomo Orlandi 1Marina Raimondi 1Monica Spatari 1Andrea Tavani 1Francesca Spinelli 5Ann Stupay 5Examiners Trudy Byron Fahy (Ireland), MarjaOlamaa (Finland); Lee Mosca and Liana Mosca.

November 2008 in TurinCello LevelVera Cammelli 1Marco Demaria 1Giovanni Loiudice 1Pier Paolo Maccarrone 1Maria Paolicelli 1Marleen Berge 2Claudia Bizzarri 2Elisabetta Casapieri 2Alice Gabbiani 2Viola Mattioni 2Greta Mussoni 2Luca Paccagnella 2Elisabetta Sciotti 2Sara Zalloni 2Alessandro Andriani 4Examiners: Chantal Latil (France), Anja Maja(Finland); Antonio Mosca.

December 2008Flute LevelMarianna Bovini 1Serena Laterza 1Paola del Sordo 1Eugenio Termine 1Marco Messina 1+2Examiners: Marja-Leena Mäkilä (Finland); ElioGalvagno (Italy); Anke van der Bijl.

NETHERLANDS12 April 2008 Brussels

Piano LevelJoëlle Doll 3Martin Tarenskeen 3Examiners: Anne-Marie Oberreit (B), StephenPower (GB); Huub de Leeuw.

NORWAYJune 2008

Violin LevelKjersti Aurbakken 2Vibeke Collin 2Kari Knudsen 2Magnar Heimdal 2Mona Anita Nesse 2Alice Jonassen 2Birtta Skärby-Vindenes 2Examiners: Mysie Feguson (GB), JohannesLievaart (NL); Shannon Hawes & Jan Matthiesen.

POLANDJuly 2008 Warsaw

Piano LevelLucyna Jaworska 1Laura Kaczmarek 1Katarzyna Mazur 1Renata Bidler 1+2Hong Anh Dang 1+2Barbara Dębowska 1+2Katarzyna Gałczyńska 1+2Urszula Kopko-Żegaczewska 1+2Wojciech Natanson 1+2Jolanta Ptasińska 1+2Kinga Snochowska 1+2Barbara Wendrowska 1+2Examiners: Christine Magasinier (GB), RiittaKotinurmi (Finland); Marzena Jasińska.

July 2007Violin LevelRenata Gadomska 2+3Monika Drygalska-Brożyńska 3Iwona Markowska 3Examiners: Jeanne Janssens (B), BarbaraParham (GB); Tove Detreköy & Anna Podhajska.

July 2008 in SzarlotaViolin LevelIwona Blacha 1Magda Bruderek 1Andrzej Klemba 1Sonia Paluch 1Elżbieta Pałka 1Maria Podhajska 1Małgorzata Twardowska-Fronczak 1Barbara Ulanowska 1Małgorzata Węgrzyn 1Jarosław Zgiet 1Magdalena Żemek 1

Agnieszka Kalisz 1+2Agnieszka Kuźniak 2Maria Remeczky (Hungary) 2Katarzyna Janas 3Maria Magdalena Rogowska 3Examiners: Lilja Hjaltadóttir (Iceland), JeanneJanssens (Belgium; Tove Detrekoy and AnnaPodhajska.

SOUTH AFRICAApril 2008

Violin LevelIngrid Feidelday 1Andrea Kreuter 2Madeleine Wickner 4Examiners: Koen Rens (Belgium); Karen Kimmett(Canada); Christophe Bossuat.

SPAIN12 April 2008 in Brussels

Piano LevelDaniel Fajardo Perez 1Aranzazu de Miguel Gonzalez 1Examiners: Anne-Marie Oberreit (B); Huub deLeeuw (NL); Stephen Power.

31 May 2008Violin LevelMarina Rodriguez 1Maria Dolores Albuguerque 2Maria Belén Castellano 3Bruno Palenzuela 3Examiners: Jeanne Janssens (Belgium), BarbaraParham (GB): Ana Maria Sebastian.

SWEDEN19-20 April 2008 in Uppsala

Violin LevelLiv Larsson 1Lisen Helander 1Leire Perez Guerue 1Anna Maria Marin 1Björn Jönsson 1Sofia Lundström 1Lina Söderholtz 1Anna-Karin Reuterhäll 1Sarah Carlsson 1Examiners: Marja Olamaa (Finland), ShannonHawes (Denmark); Sven Sjögren.

SWITZERLAND3-4 May 2008

Violin LevelCathrin Kudelka 2Aurélie Banziger 3Lucia Witzemann 3Ilona JakubicExaminers: Hannele Lehto (Finland), MarianneRygner (Denmark); Agathe Jerie.

20 June 2008 in MilanPiano LevelTatjana Weiss 2Ruedi Schaffner 3Chueja Furrer 3Examiners: Christine Magasiner (GB), KasiaBorowiak (Poland/GB), Lola Tavor.

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CroatiaDuring 2008, the Croatian Suzukiassociation continued the violin teachertraining program with Jeanne Janssensand successfully ran the secondInternational workshop in Selce, Croatia.This year we have focused on twoteachers training with Jeanne Janssens,Alexandra Dimitrievska, Macedonia (level1-2) Marko Mađarić, Croatia (level 4).Peter Nys (Belgium) was kind enough tospend a lot of time teaching children.

During the year the Suzuki children ofCroatia had many great solo concerts inZagreb, and selected students performedpieces accompanied by the Zagrebchamber orchestra. We have succeeded increating huge media interest and wereguests on numerous TV shows and hadnewspaper articles promoting Suzukimethod in Croatia.We have only one certified teacher and awaiting list of 100 children willing to startviolin! We hope to have more teachersbecause they are needed.

DenmarkFrom 1-4 November 2008 the firstEuropean double bass teacher trainingcourse started with Virginia Dixon (USA) asteacher trainer. The Danish SuzukiAssociation and Albertslund Music Schoolare very pleased to host the course whichhas 9 trainees coming from 7 differentcountries: France, Iceland, Italy, Holland,Switzerland, UK and Denmark. As you cansee in the photo on the front page they areall very enthusiastic and full of energy (!)so we are all looking forward to the nextsession in March!On 3 May 2009 DSI will celebrate the 25thanniversary of the first concert in Tivoli.Former students have been invited to jointhe concert. Among them is AndreasBrantelid who is a BBC ‘New GenerationArtist’; during the next two years the 21year-old cellist will be profiled in concerts atthe Wigmore Hall, as soloist with theorchestras of BBC, with recordings andparticipation in the Proms.Teacher training in 2008: Besides thedouble bass course there have been 12violin and 2 cello trainees on the DSAcourses.At the National Workshop for strings inAarhus in November Marja-Leena Mäkiläpresented a two day introductory course.Seven flute teachers attended the course.

Estonian Suzuki NewsThanks to the nine new Suzuki violinteachers (Level 1) there are now over 50new Suzuki violin students in Estonia. Someof them already participated in our annualChristmas concert, but we hope to gathereven more Suzuki violinists and pianiststogether when we celebrate the EstonianSuzuki Association's 10 Anniversary on 25th

April 2009. The grand concert will be held ina beautiful Glass Hall of Song Festival Place.Other heart warming news from us is, thatthere is a beautiful young baby girl, AdeeleMirjam, growing up in Karmen's family now;she was born on Jan. 10th. Congratulations!

Sirje Subbe-Tamm

Faroe Islands

In the Faroe Islands there are two Suzukiviolin teachers, Annette Nielsen and SámalPetersen with approximately 65 students. Wehave a national Suzuki workshop every year.In June 2008 we had Lilja Hjaltadottir andEwa Tosik from Iceland, and Leif Elving fromSweden as guest teachers. Normally around45-55 students attend.

We started to teach by the Suzuki method in1995-96 with help from Tove and BelaDetreköy. In 1998 Annette and Samalpassed the first exams and in ten years wehave had some really good results: severalstudents are studying abroad and more willfollow. We have a national symphonyorchestra, where Suzuki students are a goodsupply to the orchestra.The national Suzuki workshop in 2009 is on16-18 January.

Finland

France

Our new national association was created inNovember 2007, with a new president fromMarseille, Jean Claude Latil, and a newboard. This new association is functioningwith a new regional dynamism. Teachersfrom the same region led by three vicepresidents in Paris, Lyon and Marseille meetmore regularly, getting to know each otherbetter and also functioning with more localprojects.

Concerts have been held in all the differentareas with successful collaboration amongthe teachers. People feel less isolated;questions are being debated locally with abetter chance for each teacher to give hisopinion and to participate to the life of theSuzuki pedagogy in the area.

Our goal is to keep this new spirit alive, andto focus also on national pro jects throughconcerts, and national teacher meetingswhere special topics are chosen by theteachers each year: new editions, introducingreading, and studying together ininstrumental teams.

A new journal is being published twice a yearspreading information about our localactivities and national concerns. We arehappy to have become members of theSuzuki family in Europe after an absence ofa couple of years. We want to express aspecial thank you to our executive officerBirte Kelly who supported us during thisdifficult time and also our chairman HaukurHannesson for his understanding.

Christophe Bossuat.French representative to the ESA board.

Germany

Teachers from 14 countries took part in theExchange Weekend for violin and violateachers at Remscheid in November 2008.Reports on this event can be found in theESA Web Journal.The German Suzuki Institute has opened aDownload Shop for teaching materials. As anon-profit enterprise, it offers our products atvery low prices, producing graded teachingmaterials and Play along MP3 files to suit theneeds of Suzuki teachers, students and theirparents. Teachers are invited to contribute.See more details in the ESA web-journal orgo to: www.musicdownloaddirect.de

News from ESA CountriesMany of the reports have been edited; more detailed versions are available as part of thisyear’s ESA Web-journal – go to www.europeansuzuki.org and follow the links

Finnish National Workshop in Ellivuoru. Tove andBela Detreköy and Chantal Darietto-Latil.

See also Chantal’s article on masterclasses inScandinavia in the 2009 ESA Web-Journal

14British Suzuki Institute

In 2008 the British Suzuki Institute celebrated its30th anniversary.We are now in our fourth year of the nationalgraduation programme and held two concerts in2008 to accommodate all the graduatingstudents, one in London and one inManchester.The National Workshop was a great successagain this year. As usual, all the teachertrainees came together alongside the children’sworkshop and many teachers and trainees fromthe UK and Europe came to observe. We had anumber of visiting overseas teachers again thisyear; Yuriko Watanabe from Japan and PamelaDavenport and Ed Kreitman from the USAjoined BSI teachers and visiting teachers fromEurope Riitta Kottinurmi, Anne-Birthe Andersen,Anke van der Bijl and Ruth Miura.Our teacher training courses continue to growand flourish:

We now have three violin courses running,in London, Midlands and Scotland with atotal of 43 trainees.

The piano course has 20 trainees andincludes a new extended Level 4programme to encourage teachers at thislevel to return to training.

The cello and flute courses have 9 and 11trainees respectively. The flute course hasbeen greatly assisted this year by Ankevan der Bijl and Marja-Leena Mäkilä

This year saw the start of the RecorderTeacher Training course with 3 traineeswho will take their Level 1 exams in April2009. The recorder course is being run byNancy Daly and works closely with theFlute course.

We are in the developmental stages of anEarly Childhood Education programmewhich we hope to start in 2009.

There continues to be numerous Suzukiworkshops and concerts run throughout thecountry. One of these was the SuzukiFiddleFest organised by Jane Panter (see photobelow). Children from the UK, Ireland, Norwayand Germany took part and raised £4,000 forWorld Vision.

ItalyContinuing their tireless work, the foundersof the Italian Suzuki Institute are nowcollaborating with younger teachers tosafeguard and develop Suzuki experience inItaly.The Italian Suzuki Institute has renewed itsboard. New ideas and beautiful initiativescontribute to the motivation and innovation.The many Italian schools and teachers meetmore often; and the Institute is organising aSuzuki Method National Convention to beheld in Florence in April 2009.

The activity of our teacher training continueswith new interested teachers for allinstruments;A new and functional web site has beencreated www.istitutosuzukiitalia.org

Marco Messina

Lithuania

Koen Rens writes:I was in Lithuania five times this year, forabout 20 days in total. Counting back it feelsstrange that I spent the equivalent of awhole month of work over there. I feel sure

that we have all made some very goodprogress. We have six violin teachers intraining, some at level 1 and some at level2. Those who started first are now providinga Suzuki environment for their newcolleagues who just started level 1 inSeptember.

The very successful Summer Workshoporganised by the Lithuanian SuzukiAssociation was, of course, the high point ofthe year. It was a big incentive for all theteachers and the organising parents,encouraging everybody to re-evaluate theirinvolvement with this education. It was alsoa great inspiration to us all, teachers,trainers, parents and children.The International faculty included YurikoWatanabe (Japan), Ruth Miura (Spain),Riitta Kotinurmi (Finland), Annette Costanzi(UK). Mauro Bianco Levrin brought a groupof guitarists form Italy (and took the photos).

For the full text of this report, see ESA Web-Journal 2009.

PolandWe have currently over 600 violin, piano andguitar students and 61 teachers in ourPolish Suzuki Association.

Violin and PianoWorkshops wereheld in January2008, in Tychyfor and in July2 0 0 8 i nKoscierzyna

Flute in Caserta: The Italian Teacher TrainingCourse with Anke van der Bijl (centre)

Liverpool, European City of Culture 2008: Suzuki FiddleFest May 2008 in the Anglican Cathedral

Lithuanian Summer Camp: violinists with KoenRens and Christophe Bossuat

The idyllic surroundings of the Lithuanian SuzukiAssociation’s first National Workshop

The guitarists with Suzuki guitar teacherMauro Bianco Levrin (Italy)

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‘Violins in the air’: Joanne Bath and students

New groups of piano and violin trainees aregoing to start their courses in summer 2009.Unfortunately, we could not start fluteteacher training in year 2008 due to lownumbers. Nevertheless we hope to startcello teacher training with Anja Maja in2009.

Polish Suzuki students took partsuccessfully in competitions for children andin Suzuki events outside Poland. 12 violinstudents took part in the 7th NationalWorkshop in Switzerland, about 20 violinstudents in Berliner Suzuki Tage.

South Africa

We had a really wonderful Annual Suzukiconcert. There were about 120 studentswho played in the great hall provided for usby Cornwall Hall College. We thank themfor their generosity in allowing us to usesuch a comfortable facility.We thoroughly enjoyed the Bach DoubleViolin Concerto played by our seniorstudents and accompanied by a stringensemble and harpsichord. The TwinkleVariations at the end of the concert wereenjoyed so much by the audience that wehad to play an encore!We have wonderful things planned for our10th Anniversary next year.Report from the SASA Music Camp:At the end of April 2008 the South AfricanSuzuki Association hosted our SecondAnnual Music Camp at the Altelekker Campsite near Pretoria.

Despite the cold, grey weather our heartswere warmed by the music we played. Ourcampers arrived early on Saturday morningand took part in group classes with various

teachers and in orchestra rehearsals withChristophe Bossuat all day. After the lastrehearsal in the evening, we all let our hairdown, having great fun learning barn dances.We twirled round and round, getting our feetand hands crossed, laughing until we wereexhausted!

The concert was great! We played aselection from the Suzuki repertoire andwere also privileged to have the cellos playfor us as well. Then the Camp Orchestraplayed. This was the highlight of the campand the concert!SASA hosted three Teacher Trainingcourses in 2008. In April we had exams, soChristophe Bossuat, Karen Kimmett andKoen Rens came to South Africa for them.Then in July Christophe came again and hestayed on to help us with our Music Camp.Our teachers had a very successful trainingcourse in December 2008 with ChristopheBossuat. Many of our members had theprivilege of having lessons with Christophe.

SpainThe good news is that the piano teachertraining was very well developed withStephen Power as Teacher Trainer andNuria Cullell as Instructor. Two Spanishpiano teacher-trainees passed their exams inBelgium. We have had problems with thebudget, but that has now been resolved. Nowwe need some more trainees!

The new Cello Teacher Training course hasbeen going well with Arantza Lopez asTeacher Trainer. Four Spanish ‘cello teachertrainees passed levels 1 and 2 in France.

All over Spain concerts, workshops forchildren and conferences were held thisyear.

Sweden

156 students,s o m e v e r yrelaxed, tookpart in theworkshop atS ö d r aVätterbygdensFolkhögskola, inJönköping 23-27 June 2008,playing violin,

viola and cello. 11 teachers were teachingand the course included both folk music,dance and rhythmics. Foreign guest teacherson this student course were ChristopheBossuat, France and Anne-Berit Halvorsen,Norway on violin and Chantal Darietto Latil,France, on cello. Every day the students hadlessons and concerts. The schedule alsoincluded dancing and a visit at the niceswimming arena in Jönköping. The teachers’concert the final evening was highlyappreciated by the students and parents.

SwitzerlandThere is no doubt that the 7th SwissNational Suzuki Workshop in May 2008was a great success, not just in terms ofquantity (we have had over 200 students andmore than 30 teacher observers, another200 companions such as siblings andparents), but also in terms of quality!According to the feedback, this Workshopwas an inspiration for all the participants.The organisers look forward to the nextnational workshop in two years and hope thatthe seeds sown at this workshop will becarefully nurtured in the meantime.The Swiss Suzuki Institute is very proud tohave produced our first two flute teachers,who passed their first ESA examination. Aflute course is planned to start in 2009.At the workshop, the first excellent teachersin our new Violin teacher training course,took their first exams. The course was led byAgathe Jerie, who has now been joined byMartin Rüttimann as teacher trainer.

Christophe Bossuat with the camp orchestra

The Polish Violin Teacher Training course inTychy with Anna Podhajska and Tove Detreköy

The Spanish piano course with Stephen Power(seated front). See also Stephen’s account of thecourse in the ESA WebJournal

25th Anniversary ofSuzuki Piano in Switzerland

Students of Lola Tavor are giving a concertin aid of Terre des Hommes

Sunday, June 28 2009 at 5 pmSalle Cité Bleu (Rue de Miremont), Geneva

Congratulations!

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GREAT BRITAIN (UK)

BSI National Children's Workshop5-7 April 2009

Royal College of Music, LondonNon-residential music course for

Suzuki violin, piano, cello, flute and recorderTeacher Training at the National Workshop

4-7 April 2009Details from BSI www.britishsuzuki.com

Baldersby Park Suzuki Strings Workshop14-17 April 2009

Residential course fin North Yorkshire.Contact: The Committee +44 (0)7929 430638

E-mail: [email protected]

Chamber Music Course14-18 July Barnes, London

Suzuki book 5 (or grade 5) upwardsDirected by Jillian LeddraContact: Landa Melrose

www.bayswatersuzukigroup.com

Cello at Culford School, Suffolk27-31 July 2009

Residential course for Suzuki students andteachers directed by Penny Heath

Contact Penny Heath: +44 (0) 1252 795 [email protected]

Summer Extravaganza 28 July-1 AugustIn London W11

2009 Production is the Musical OliverNon-residential with Jillian Leddra

Sforzando Suzuki Summer4-8 August London W11

Jillian Leddra and Karina McAlpine.Pre-twinkle- end Book 4 Violin, Cello and Piano

Details from Landa Melrosewww.bayswatersuzukigroup.com

Temple Dinsley Suzuki School9-12 August 2009 Hitchin Hertfordshire

Residential and non-residential course for violin,viola, cello and piano – Pre-twinkle-Book 5

Details [email protected]: +44 (0)20 8969 1266

Riddlesworth Summer Music Camp19-23 August 2009

Residential course for violin, viola and cello.Details [email protected]

Telephone: +44 (0)8947 2885

Bryanston 23-30 August 2009London Suzuki Group’s

International Summer SchoolViolin, Viola, Cello, PianoAlso Teacher BSI Training

Details: [email protected]: +44 (0)1372 720088

DENMARKDanish National Workshop

Violin, viola, cello, guitar10-12 October 2009 in Copenhagen

Details from Danish Suzuki [email protected]

Viola Teacher Training / Conversion Coursein Copenhagen, summer 2009

Details from: [email protected]

ESA NOTICEBOARDWorkshops for children and teachers around Europe in 2009

For up-to-date information, please contact organisers and National Associations (see centre pages)or see the ESA web-site: www.europeansuzuki.org – For USA and Canada: www.suzukiassociation.org

SWEDENWorkshops for students 2009

Piano – organ – flute all levels15 – 18 June at Oskarshamns folkhögskola

Information: Robert.Öhman [email protected]

Violin – viola – cello all levels20 - 24 July

At Södra Vätterbygdens folkhögskola, JönköpingInformation: Petra Koo Vik [email protected]

Last date for registration is 1 April 2009

Details from Sven AnderssonFlamgränd 20, S-393 64 KALMAR

Phone + 480 47 43 55E-mail [email protected]

www.swesuzuki.org

NORWAYNational Workshop

Piano - Cello - ViolinJune 22-23 2009

Agder Folkehøgskole, Kristiansand,Further information: www.norsuzuki.no

or from Anne-Berit Halvorsen,Arnebråtveien 38B, 0771 Oslo

e-mail: [email protected]

GERMANY4th Suzuki Piano Workshop

27-29 March 2009 at Steinway House - MunichDetails from: Maxi de Buhr +49 (0)89-58969543

www.klavierunterricht-muenchen.com

2nd Berlin Workshop19-24 October 2009 at Werbelilinsee near Berlin

For details see: www.berliner-suzuki-tage.de

2nd European Xchange Weekend in Germany21/22 November 2009

for Suzuki teachers of Violin, Viola, Cello and Pianoat the Remscheid Academy

Details from: [email protected]

FRANCEInternational Suzuki WorkshopChaillol (Hautes Alpes) 13-18 April 2009Violin - Cello - Piano - Chamber Music

Music Director: Christophe [email protected]

SWITZERLAND

11th Suzuki Workshop for StringsMay 21-24 2009 Central Swiss Region

Level: Pre Twinkle - Book 8International faculty

Contact: [email protected]

International Violin Summer School7-14 August 2009 in Grächen

International facultyDetails: [email protected]

Tel 0041 (0)55 241 30 36 / 0041 (0)79 693 60 24Administration: [email protected]

Tel 0041 (0)79 229 37 32

Deadline for the Registration is 31 May 2009

POLANDInternational Suzuki Days in Milówka

(violin)29 June - 5 July 2009

more info: www.suzukischool.pl

Suzuki Workshop for ViolinSzarlota, Poland 19-25 July 2009

for students and teachersfinal concert: 24 July, at 4.30 pm

Details: [email protected]

Piano Workshop28-30 July 2009 in Warsaw

for students and teachersorganiser: [email protected]

IRELANDNational Suzuki Summer School

2-5 July 2009Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Piano

Garbally College, Ballinasloe, Co GalwayDetails from: Music Matters, New Inn,

Ballinasloe, Co. Galwaye-mail: [email protected]

ITALYNational Suzuki Workshop

8-11 April 2009 in FlorenceViolin, viola, cello, guitar, flute, mandolin, harpFurther details: www.istitutosuzukiitalia.org

CHITARRISSIMA23-31 Aug 2009 – in Saluzzo, Italyfor Guitar Students and TeachersInformation from Elio Galvagno:[email protected]

More Details andregular workshop updates on

www.europeansuzuki.org

BELGIUMSuzuki Flutes by the Sea 2009!

29 July - 2 AugustWorkshop for Children, Parents and Teachers –

also violin and celloContact: [email protected]

www.suzukifluitvlaanderen.be

ESA Web-Journal 2009

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